Language Arts Scope & Sequence
Language Arts
Suggested Scope & Sequence
Preschool (ages 3-5)
Goals
Following Instructions:
cheerful, quick, and appropriate
Attention Span:
able to focus and work at a task for up to 20 minutes by age 5
Listening Skills:
listen to and enjoy good stories and poems
Memorization and Recitation:
scripture passages and quality poetry selections
Phonemic awareness:
recognition that words are made up of a series of sounds linked together
Fine motor skills:
developing ability to use a pencil to trace, copy and draw
Grades K-2 (ages 5-8)
Continuing Goals:
Following Instructions:
cheerful, quick, and appropriate
Attention Span:
able to focus and work at a task for up to 30 minutes by age 8
Listening Skills:
listen to and enjoy good stories and poems
Memorization and Recitation:
scripture passages and quality poetry selections
New Goals:
Handwriting:
Learn to write the letters of the alphabet (manuscript or cursive)
Spelling:
Learn how to combine phonograms to spell words
Reading
:
Learn how to combine words in order to read sentences and then stories
Grades 3-4 (ages 8-10)
Continuing Goals:
Memorization and Recitation:
scripture passages and quality poetry selections
Listening Skills:
listen to and enjoy good stories and poems
Spelling:
refine understanding of spelling rules
Handwriting:
practice cursive handwriting in various writing projects
New Goals:
Reading Comprehension
(through literature, science, and history studies)
Grammar & Composition
(language mechanics, basic parts of speech, sentences & paragraphs)
Foreign Language:
highly recommended
Grades 5-6 (ages 10-12)
Goals:
Memorization and Recitation:
scripture passages and quality poetry selections
Literature:
listen to, read and begin analyzing literature of all types
Grammar & Composition:
short stories and basic essays
Public Speaking:
present original speeches and presentations
Foreign Language:
highly recommended
Grades 7-9 (ages 12-15)
Goals:
Memorization and Recitation:
scripture passages and quality poetry selections
Vocabulary:
develop vocabulary of the subject areas being studied (theology, literature, science, history, etc.)
Literature:
read and analyze literature of all types
Composition:
stories, essays, research projects (citing sources, using the library/ internet)
Grammar:
use in compositions; review (if strong from earlier studies), systematic instruction (if needed)
Public Speaking:
present original speeches and presentations
Foreign Language
Grades 10-12 (ages 15-18)
Goals:
Rhetoric:
write timed and persuasive essays, speech and debate, vocabulary development
Literature:
read and analyze Classics (World, English, and American)
Foreign Language
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